Professor Gillian Sullivan Mort researches in marketing, social marketing, international marketing, nonprofit, social entrepreneurship, young consumers and branding. She has over 100+ publications including books, book chapters, journal articles and refereed conference papers. Her work on social entrepreneurship is widely cited. Professor Sullivan Mort has received research funding to support her research from the Australian Research Council Discovery Grants scheme, Telecommunications Research Grants, the Queensland State Government Treasury, the Victorian State Government Treasury, the University of Queensland and the Australian National University.

Professor Gillian Sullivan Mort is an experienced educational leader and served as Head of Discipline 2009 - 2014 LTU and Head of Department of Marketing and Tourism and Hospitality 2012 - 2013.